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[Saber Cherry]

Turin said:
Why is magical leadership so costly? There aren´t that many magic troops around which require huge amounts of magic leadership.

That's why it is costly. With undead leadership, you NEED huge amounts for it to be useful, so it is cheap. With magic leadership, even 5 points can be highly effective, so it is valuable. Generally, magic leadership is already paid for by path cost, but sometimes it is separate (magic leaders, Illithids, Salamander trainers, etc).

[Graeme Dice]

Saber Cherry said:
With undead leadership, you NEED huge amounts for it to be useful, so it is cheap.

Undead leadership also applies to leading demons, which is why it's so valuable.

[The_Tauren13]

Are you sure priest costs dont already take into account being sacred? I would think 3 magic paths is alot better than 3 priest paths, so if a level 3 priest costs just as much as a level 3 mage, I would hope hes sacred.

[Scott Hebert]

The_Tauren13 said:
Are you sure priest costs dont already take into account being sacred? I would think 3 magic paths is alot better than 3 priest paths, so if a level 3 priest costs just as much as a level 3 mage, I would hope hes sacred.

For myself, I think it does include it. A Holy-3 priest costs 50. 2 in a magic path (which is the equivalent) costs 90 for the first, 60 for the second. Therefore, it is quite inexpensive.

[BigDaddy]

Warlords are more expensive because they are ambidextrous.

[Scott Hebert]

BigDaddy said:
Warlords are more expensive because they are ambidextrous.

Actually, that would push their cost in the wrong direction. Any unit or commander that has 2 or more weapons gets ambidextrous. I cannot see a way to quantify it. Well, I can, but it 'messes up' the math.

Basically, I already have the Warlord costing 15g more than he does. If I add in his ambidextrous ability (at 1.5-2 per point), he'd be about 80g instead of 60g.

The same point could be made about the Slayer.

[The_Tauren13]

Where are you seeing 50 gold for holy 3? For C'tis its 120, for Caelum its 90 ( yes he has flight and is stealthy, but all Caelum commanders are cheaper then they are worth, including the seraphine ), for Machaka 90, and for Jotunheim its 200!

Seems more like its 50 for holy 2, but like 90 for holy 3,